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Continue reading →: July Explorations
July 8, 2023 I headed out across the backyard, down a slight incline to the driveway and gravel road, along the road and up a hill, turned left down into the ditch to the pasture. I turned left again, down a slope and right turn into the pasture lane. My…
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Continue reading →: Through the Oat Field to the Woods
July 3, 2023 The woods are overgrown in July and full of biting insects, even so I wanted to keep the connection to the woods going by frequent visits. This morning, I headed out across the backyard, down a slight incline to the driveway and gravel road, across the road,…
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Continue reading →: May Explorations
May 22, 2023 Two days ago, I visited the woods twice, once in the morning and then again in the evening, each time I noticed different things. Or rather I should say, I paid attention to different things. As I walked into the pasture, the dandelions distracted me first. I…
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Continue reading →: Searching For Morels
May 18, 2023 After spending the whole afternoon helping the DNR with a turtle project and having an amazing time, I wasn’t quite ready to go into the house just yet and decided to use the time off from afternoon/evening milking to go looking for mushrooms in the woods. Maybe…
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Continue reading →: Working with Turtles
May 18, 2023 On Thursday, I volunteered with the DNR on a turtle project. I stopped at the bridge to take photos. The beavers had rebuilt a lodge next to it on the north side. Geese flew by further up the lake. Swallows made a ruckus going back and forth…
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Continue reading →: Mid-May Walk in the Woods
May 15, 2023 Yesterday, I walked in the woods without my camera. It had been raining off and on all day. I thought about skipping my walk but decided I needed to get out as my mood was darker than the sky. I set out along my usual path, up…
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Continue reading →: Children’s Book: Dandelions
I am so excited to announce my first children’s book is now available for purchase at https://a.co/d/19ycM9P Please share this post and spread the word for me! And if you would be so generous as to purchase my book, please write a review on Amazon. (If you are a fellow…
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Continue reading →: Children’s Books
I am so excited to announce that I will be publishing my first children’s book in February, “Dandelions”! (Via Amazon) I have been toying with the idea for many years and now am finally doing it. Please share this post and spread the word for me! All my children’s book…
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Continue reading →: Searching for Mushrooms
May 11, 2023 Again I set out for another evening walk after milking cows. I just need the outdoor/ in the woods time. I also wanted to harvest a few pounds of garlic mustard, and was hoping to find mushrooms (hoping for morels). The pastures had grown so well the…
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Continue reading →: Springtime in the Woods
May 7, 2023 I was back in the woods this evening, my usual haunt – down the pasture lane, past the peninsula of trees, under the fence by the walnut trees. The little red squirrel, Charlie yelled at me again as it always does. I have also seen a doe…
